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@Captain_Chao5 Yeah I remember those arguments too, people used to maintain that you could just uninstall games if you ran out of space. But that wasn't going to happen for years they'd say. Why do you need to have them all installed anyway, you're only going to play 1 or 2 at a time blah blah blah.

I was running out of space within months of buying my Xbox One. For a 'Next Gen' system it really was short-sighted penny pinching to not have 1TB as standard. There should be a 4TB option by now... not a measly 1TB.

Still drooling over the SSD's personally. Fallout 4 would definitely benefit and Just Cause 3 too... loading times are terrible on that one...

@sorethumbed Thanks for pointing that out - just been drooling over them! They do a 500GB version for £155 which I'm very, very drawn to. Not bothered about capacity so much as I'll only be using it for specific big open world type games that would benefit from the speed. There's reviews from peeps using them with Xbox Ones too that corroborate the benefits... apparently you just need plug it into a PC first to disable the security and reformat it and you're good to go!

Not brave enough to pre-order this... It looked amazing from the early previews... but then so did Watchdogs and The Crew and look how they turned out! OK Watchdogs wasn't that bad but still nothing like the footage we saw originally...

That's really disappointing - I would have bought this IF it had been fast. Digital Foundry did an article on running the console version of Fallout 4 on an SSD a while back and it made a dramatic difference to loading times (almost halved)... but that was a full blown PC SSD in a caddy. This must be something more like a regular flash drive.

Here's an idea. Make the game first and then I'll pay you money for it. If it's any good that is.

Really looking forward to this, I love Sci-Fi. time travel, X-Files and so on and these seems to have a bit of all of those! Glad they're not giving too much away... want to be able to experience as much as possible first hand when I'm actually playing it in a few months time.

@BAMozzy The very fact that these games aren't full blown AAA games is part of their charm. I know when I sit down to play an episode that I'll be able to complete it within a couple of hours and that it will be a relaxing, fun experience, almost like reading a short story or graphic novel.

Their games never ask too much from the player and there is definitely a place for that quality in my library, for those times when I'm too mentally exhausted to be bothered playing much else but don't want to watch crap TV. If I want more then I'd play one of the many other games I've got.

I fully understand your appreciation of 'The Witcher' - in fact it's probably my all time favourite game of any generation. I also love COD, the Arkham games, GTA, Tomb Raider, AC etc. etc... but none of those fill the niche that the Telltale Games do. I don't even mind the episodic nature too much, so long as there isn't too big of a gap between releases where I'll forget the storyline!

As for cost I feel £3-4 per episode is a fair price too for the level of entertainment you get... on a par with a renting a movie off Sky or similar... The game probably entertains longer than your typical 90 minute movie too. Of course if you do the math then the 130 odd hours I've spent playing The Witcher is better value for money but I'm a gamer not an accountant - I don't really care too much so long as I feel that the money was well spent

This news just made the season pass seem a whole lot more attractive now! Totally in favour of more Single Player Story DLC and I'll vote with my wallet

Was a good game on 360 and glad it was made BC so I can go back and mop up the achievements I missed... however I'm not interested in the remastered version at all.

They've not put a foot wrong since the original Walking Dead game IMO so I'm looking forward to this. They may not be 'games' in the more mainstream sense to some but they're still highly enjoyable experiences in their own right and I welcome them (and similar games) with open arms. Life would be pretty dull if all we got was COD clones, racing games and RPG's

I do like the idea of the hook to hang my headphones on... wish my Plasma had that feature. They could have gone further and incorporated some charging docks for controllers and some funky LED mood lighting - might have made it stand out. Unfortunately it looks far too boring and business like...

Interesting - but I need more convincing that this will be worth picking up as the codies recent efforts have not been up to snuff...

@Red620Ti Only just spotted your reply (why is there no 'follow thread' option for news articles!) but a belated thanks for that. I'll pick it up when it's half price or less as I still like the sound of it and I can be quite forgiving of presentation so long as I enjoy a game.

Would MUCH rather they made the original BC so I could finish it... really enjoyed the first one but wouldn't want to start it again from scratch.

It's hideous - wouldn't want it even if it was free... in fact I wouldn't want it even if you paid me to use it. Yuck!

@SuperKMx Thanks - guess I just need to wait it out rather than dive in and get it just because it's in the sale!

Has anyone heard anything about AC Rogue making it onto the BC list... or even if an HD remake is on the cards for Xbox One? Never got this last year and I'd really love to play it - it's the only one I've missed since the original came out.

There's just something about many Japanese games that make you half expect you're going to get a phone call from Operation Yewtree for playing them...

Even ignoring the young girl in skimpy clothes... this looks utter garbage from the footage in that video.

I was about to get all high and mighty about this but then realised that it isn't really costing anyone anything extra - existing season pass holders are covered (which is fair) and they've given everyone else fair warning too. If anyone had their eye on this then they now know they can get it at the original price if they act soon. Really this will only affect new buyers from Dec 8th and they will be buying it at the (then) advertised price so it's all good.

@A_BabyRed_Yoshi I could never quite get into this game... the handling of the cars was really offputting (super twitchy). It did improve with a patch but you still had to tweak the sensitivity of each car you drove. I think if I persevered I might enjoy it more... but it's easier to just load up Forza 6 or FH2

Think I'll stick with my Surface and controller combo... having said that... £150 is pocket change by comparison. Must be a pretty nasty Windows experience at that price point...

Must remember to download this although have no idea when I'll get around to actually playing it!

Been playing the 10 hour trial on EA Access and after initially dissing it during the beta I'very found it a lot of fun. Not sure how long that would last but I've still got a good 5 hours left of my trial so will see how I feel at the end of that.

I suck at COD online but can hold my own in battlefront so that's something going for it anyway

I've picked up Burnout Paradise (and the DLC) ready for when it's BC compatible. Sure I've read somewhere that it won't be long for this one!

Chuffed about Dragon Rising - never did finish the campaign on that. No idea about Van Helsino but will give it a go for sure

@BAMozzy I already own several of these digitally so I want to see them appear as they were. If done correctly there is no reason why they can't be upscaled and have a few aliasing options thrown in for good measure like they did on the PS3 with BC games. IIRC some of the original Xbox games were pretty advanced for their time and actually supported VGA resolutions so would look pretty decent anyway... pretty sure Crimson Skies did for example...

That's not to say I wouldn't love to see Crimson Skies 2 for instance but that would take a serious investment and commitment from a publisher whereas once MS develops some sort of emulator many games can be made to work with relatively little work.

Crimson Skies

Black

Indiana Jones & The Emperors Tomb

Mech Assault 1 & 2

Onimusha

Plus many of the others already mentioned... If they could get all 3 generations of Xbox games running on the One that would be bloody awesome. As for 'the team is busy doing 360 titles'... this is Micro$oft after all... just go hire another team to do it!

@ZeD Totally agree... I'm really tempted to get Red Dead, LA Noire and quite a few others while they're cheap and have them ready for when they're (hopefully) made BC... but it's money down the drain if they never make it

NFS discounted by 40% already after it's only been out what... a week? Oh dear...

Have to admit I was hoping for more BC 360 titles to be in the sale but hey ho...

@Red620Ti Is it still worth a punt then (if it's discounted)?

This looks very decent, will be picking this up on 1st December for sure.

Agreed... the last time I tried to get energetic in front of my Kinect I put my fist through our ceiling light.

@flameboy84 We all knew what we were getting into but when Microsoft themselves announce they've got "something special" lined up to reward preview program members then it does kind of create a false expectation... would have been better if it had just arrived in our inboxes as a surprise without any fanfare.

@Anthinator Thanks - my situation isn't helped much by the fact that the game saved my progress just before the fight when I hadn't replenished my stocks for a while so I'm low on bombs, haven't oiled my blades or anything. Can't even meditate because as soon as my save loads the fight starts. Will have to persevere

Well that's a shame - I was going to pick this up as soon as it appeared in a sale as it looks really cool and I do like the Zelda games...

Me too - thanks a million

That totally makes up for all the problems I've endured and am still enduring as a result of being a guinea pig on the preview program... so much better than some store credit or a few extra days tagged onto my Gold sub. Not that I expected any such thing of course...

I completed the main game a long time ago and was chomping at the bit for this but either I've forgotten how to play properly or the difficulty has really been ramped up... couldn't get past the big Toad boss...

In the case of Forza these MT's do no harm whatsoever and are completely unnecessary for all but the most impatient of gamers so I've got no issue at all with them. They're a bit like the time saver things they have for Assassins Creed for people that want to get to the good stuff quickly which I also have no problem with.

It's stuff like Battle Islands and Frozen that really get my goat - games that have been designed to be virtually unplayable unless you repeatedly dig deep into your pocket.

Nice one, I've entered, good luck to everyone else who does so too.

A big 'thank you' for presenting the list with the BC 360 titles clearly identified. Going forward these are the ONLY 360 titles I'm interested in purchasing.

Looking at the video this looks like another 'endless runner' type game, albeit with a few twists. I thought it was going to be a Kinect game when I first saw the article title! lol

Tried this for free as part of my EA Access benefits and quickly came to the conclusion that it wasn't for me. Might look it up again when it appears in the vault but I won't be getting it otherwise. Very disappointing.

Thanks for the tip about the 2nd Power Armour suit - that's going to be my next destination for sure!

If it's anything like the birthday present gold members get I wouldn't get too excited... at least that way there's room to be pleasantly surprised

@sorethumbed Cheers, I'm playing it on Veteran... and it's making me not want to play it any more... think I'll drop it down a notch to hardened.

@Captain_Chao5 Overall I'm finding it all a little bland compared to last years outing so I can't hand on heart recommend it myself, maybe if I get further into the campaign it'll improve but I keep finding myself going back to AC... YMMV

@sorethumbed What difficulty have you got it set to? I seem to be encountering some pretty frustrating difficulty spikes with the armoured guys and some of the robots... unless I've got the wrong load-outs or something.

Great review and hopefully much more aligned to what I believe my own view of the game will be rather than the skewed one I've just read on another popular UK gaming site. Appreciate the way you handled the exposition of the card system (and MT's) and that it hasn't been allowed to taint your opinion of the rest of the game.

Can't wait to get my hands on this!

@Captain_Chao5 will do. Best one I've played in recent years was last year's Advanced Warfare - really enjoyed that one. Noticed this year they've added a new difficulty above and beyond Veteran... Realistic! I've left it on Veteran as that is usually quite hard enough for a challenge lol.

Blops 3 for me. I know it's not considered cool to like COD these days but I'm not afraid to admit I do enjoy the campaigns... whack it on veteran and let the body count pile up!

When I'm not murdering terrorists I'll be murdering cockneys in AC Syndicate...